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Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.[Reply]

Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.

If a lay history of science is your bag, few have done it better than Bill Bryson

I almost mentioned that book. Also, the James Burke series Connections that told stories about the history of science by showing how one advancement led to another which led to another in sometimes unexpected ways.[Reply]

Originally Posted by patteeu:
Also, the James Burke series Connections that told stories about the history of science by showing how one advancement led to another which led to another in sometimes unexpected ways.

Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.

Cool. I'm going to have to check this out. It'll probably give me some good ammo for those who ridicule me because I'm able to see that the ideas that that man came from an ape, that life came from non-life and that the Earth is billions of years old are all laughable non-science. And that those falsehoods, like the items in the article, will be eventually be proven wrong as well.[Reply]